Can You Tell Me How to Get . . .

. . . get to Sesame Street?!

AND now that everyone has THAT song running thru your heads, you're welcome!!

I'm a little behind on getting this post of my 'Big Bird' card up for you, but I'm working in Dispatch at work tonight, so I have a little down time between calls to be able to share this card I created for Diva Day earlier in the month.  Our theme for Diva Day was 'Kid/Child Cards', and each Diva had some FUN cards they brought.  

I don't know about you, but coming up with cards to fit this theme can sometimes be a tad challenging for me.  But, it was fun to come up with this card.  And for those of you wondering about my Penguin Toe Rating (PTR) on this card, I'd probably give it a 7.  (Wondering what I'm talking about?!  Refer back to this blog post!!).  The card really isn't super difficult, but there are a few tips/tricks that could be mildly challenging (but certainly NOT impossible) until you get the hang of them!!

Now, the one thing I knew for the card swap was that there was NO way I could expect them to assemble Big Bird AND the card itself (Number One Rule for Shoebox Swap: Cards must be able to be completed in 5 minutes or less), which meant I needed to prep a few of the pieces for it!!  Though having 16 Big Bird faces staring up at me IS a tad disconcerting!!!

O.K., so a few features about creating the Big Bird Punch Art image.  First of all, I used the 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch for his head (I believe I used Daffodil Delight Cardstock for him).  Oh!!  And the tuft of 'hair'?!  Why, the Fringe Scissors, of course!!  And I used two different sizes of the eyes in the Owl Builder Punch (used the large 'eye' punched in Whisper White, Melon Mambo & Night of Navy--trimming part of the Melon Mambo and Night of Navy circles to create the eyelids; used the medium 'eye' punch for the pupils in Basic Black).

As for Big Birds' beak?!  I have to say, that was probably my favorite part of this!!  I started with one of my circle punches (I think the 1 1/4", but the 1 3/8" could work, too!!) and punched out a circle in the Daffodil Delight.

Then, I took the punched circle and re-inserted it in the punch until I eyeballed what looked like a good 'beak' size to me.  I gently pressed down the punch, but before punching thru completely, used a Sharpie marker to mark the top/bottom of the beak so that I could set up the rest of my punches the same way!

Oh!!  And another bonus?!  You can get TWO beaks out of each circle!!

And for the inside of the mouth, you follow the SAME process (but I used Crisp Cantelope cardstock), but folded the image in half and cut it down a little more to just 'fit' inside of the folded over beak (getting FOUR of those out of a single circle!!)!!

So, just a lot of tape/putz work to assemble Big Bird.  Perfect activity to complete while sitting in front of the TV!!

I also pulled out the Circle Thinlits dies (which ARE in the new catalog, but can even be ordered now!), Cycle Celebrations stamp set, Label Love stamp set, and the Decorative Dots embossing folder (was available during Sale-A-Bration, but if you missed out then, will be in the new catalog as well!!) for this card, and here are a few photos of the completed card:

Card Front, Closed

Card Front, Slightly Opened

Inside Card, Opened

And for good measure, here's one more close-up of Big Bird (attached with three dimensionals) on the front of the card!!

I hope you've enjoyed checking out this cute Big Bird 'kids' card!!  You can find all of the supplies to make this card in my online store, and don't forget--only about a week left to order items that are on the retiring list (and not yet sold out!)!!

Happy Stamping!

Pam